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VOLUME XXX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1918.
NUMBER 38
Quality Always Service First
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Get the best of Coffee at
THE
ECONOMY GASH GROCERY
Phone 532
You'll like the first cup of Golden
West Coffee and you'll like every
cup. Money back for the can, if
not satisfied. A 45c quality, at a
40c Price
Quality Always Service First
TRIPLE FUNERAL
HELD ON SUNDAY
One of the largest funerals ever
held in Athena was that of Sunday, at
the Christian church, when Pastor
Sargent, of Pullman, Wash., assisted
by Rev. Burton of this city and A. M.
Meldrum of Spokane, conducted serv
ices for the iate Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Hansell and Alfred R.
Price, victims of an automobile acci
dent at Rosaila, Wash., September 10.
The auditorium, including the gal
lery, was not large enough to accom
modate the people present, and many
stood in the vesti bule and on the walk
in front of the church Floral trib
utes were profuse, the three caskets
being banked in beautiful flowers.
Active pall bearers were: B. B.
Richards, F. B. Boyd, A. A. Foss. M.
L. Watts, J. N. Scott and Ira Scott.
The honorary pallbearers were: James
P otts, Frank Jackson, Cass Cannon,
George Gross, E A. Dudley and
David Taylor.
Interment of the remains of Mr.
and Mrs. Hansell took place in the
Athena cemetery. Afterward the cor
tege returned to the church and the
remains of Mr. Pricewere conveyed to
the Kees cemetery, 'where the body
was consigned to earth under the lm-
nressive Masonic ritualistic services,
the deceased having been a charter
member of the local lodge of that
Order.
Relatives were present from a dis
tance. and many friends from over the
county came to pay their last respects
to the departed ones.
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Rust Tinware
Reed's Tinware is so well known in every locality that
it is needless for us to dwell upon its merits.
In this line we are now showing Wash Boilers, Striners
Dairv Pails and Laundry Dippers
Watts & Rogers
Just Over the Hill
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Requires alertness to the ever changing wai-time conditions.
You will always find us ready to help meet these problems
as they arisj. and we are going to help you to meet them
By the Expansion of Your Credit
on and after September 1,1918, all book accounts will be lim
ited to SO days' credit. If an extension of time is desired,
THE TRADE ACCEPTANCE, a form of paper recommended
by the Federal Reserve Banks, will be used.'
For detailed information, watch our ads, see your banker or
call on as and ve will be glad to explain.
Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co.
Obituary.
Georee W. Hansell was born in 111
ois, July 12, 1843, ana aiea oepiemuer
0. 1918. When 18 years old he went
with his father's family to Iowa,
About the year 1875 ha came to Cor
allis, Oregon, where he lived until 1878
when he came to Centerville, now
Athena. Here he built one of the first
houses in the town, and later, being
carpenter by trade, he built many
other structures in this city, among
them the Christian church building,
which stands as a monument to his
memory. In 1881 he was united in
marriaee with Miss Clara May Staff
ord. To them were born five children:
Lucy, who was married to Everett
Rogers in 1906, and is now deceased;
Georgie. married in 1916 to David P.
Partoh, now living at Sunnyside.
Wash.; Marion W., mariied and living
near Athena; Ray Stafford, now in
England in the U. S. Naval Aviation
department, and Blaine W., married,
living at Lewiston, Idaho. Mr. Han
sell is also survived by a sister and
brother, Mrs. Viola Kerr, and W. H.
Hansell both of Corvallis,
Clara May Stafford was born August
4, 1863, in Lane county, Oregon. She
moved with ber parents to
Umatilla county and located on a farm
just north of Athena. Here she grew
to womanhood and in 1881 was married
to George W. Hansell. The family
lived continuously in or near Athena
until 1914, excepting about seven
years spent in Morrow county, Oregon.
In that year they moved to Sherman
county, where they lived for three
years, after which they moved to
Lewiston, Idaho. Besides their four
children and grandchildren, she leaves
her mother, Mrs. A. R. Price of Pall
man, Wash.; two sisters and two
brothers: Milly F. Linn, of Long
Beach, Calif. ; Mrs. Eva S. Henderson
of South Bend. Wash:. Guy C. Stafford
of Ralston, Wash., and Clive C. Staff
ord of Halsey, Oregon. She died near
Rosalia, Wash., September 10. 1918.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hansell wereuf the
truest type of Christian.
INSCRIPTION ON FISH'S TAIL
Mystery to Natives of Zanzibar,
Though Scientists Say It la Noth
ing Much Out of the Ordinary.
A strange fish was recently caught
at Zanzibar with Arabic characters
upon Its tall. The flsh was not one
of a large haul, but was caught by a
single fisherman, who brought It to the
flsh market. There It remained for
some time, having no purchaser, as it
was a strange flsh and one that had
never been seen before In those wa
ters. Finally an Indian of the sect
called "Memen" purchased It and, on
the strange markings being noticed, It
was taken to a widely-known Arab
scholar, who, deciphered the Inscrip
tion. It was afterward taken to the
sultan, who also recognized the wording.
That night 3,000 rupees was offered
for the flsh and refused, and on the
following day 6,000 rupees was re
fused, according to Scientific Amer
ican. The original price paid for the
flsh was 5 pice (about 3 cents) and It
was eventually decided to have It pre
served. For this purpose it was taken
to the government laboratory, where It
was treated with formaline. It has
since been placed on public exhibition.
There are two distinct inscriptions
on the tail, one on each side. On the
one side It reads "Lalllaha Illalah"
("There Is no God but Allah") and on
the other "Shanl Allah" ("A warning
Bent from Allah"). There Is no sus
picion of anything In the nature of a
fake about the matter and the mystery
is so complete that no explanation of
the strange phenomenon Is forthcom
ing. The Arabic lettering is perfectly
plain and the discovery has caused
wonderment throughout the Moham
medan community of Zanzibar.
It was Identified as holacarrthus
semiclrculatus, Cuv. et Val., a widely
distributed Indo-Paclflc species of
chaetontldae. An authority on zoology
considers the markings as falling with
in the limits of normal variation of the
species.
EXERCISE OF WILL NEEDED
No Reason Why Women Should Not
Obtain a Maximum of Physical
Strength and Power.
Women can obtain greater physical
strength and power so soon as they
determine to do sq, and adopt a dif
ferent mode of living. There is abso
lutely nothing in the woman's organi
zation that forbids it, as we are finding
out more and more dally. Many young
women are too lazy to grow strong.
They cannot walk a dozen blocks, or
do anything that calls for the slight
est physical strength. Why? Because
there Is any Inherent quality in ttye
woman's body forbidding It? Not at
all. Because they never have done it.
There Is no other reason on earth.
The women who are growing strong
er mentally and physically can smile
at the objectors who tell them they
cannot do this or that, and answer by
doing what they are accused of being
Incapable of doing. But the more tim
id and younger ones, who yet hesitate
to venture into new fields of activity
In the face of opposition and ridicule,
need the assistance of professional
opinion and the encouragement of
those who have gone before. Montreal
Herald.
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Obituary.
Alfred R. Price was born June 12,
1887, died September 10, 1918, aged
81 years, two months and 28 days.
He was born in the state of Iowa and
at the age of 15 years crossed the
plains with his half-brother, Robert
Coppock, of this city, and his widowed
mother, and wintered at Oregon City.
In 1853 they moved to what is now
known as Chehalis, Wash., where they
lived until the death of his mother. In
1865 they returned to Oregon, settling
in Linn county. On March 4, J8HS he
was married to Martha Finley. From
this union ten children were born, six
of whom have preceded him to the
grave. The surviving children are:
Robert M. Price. Markerville, Alberta;
Phil M. Price, Penewawa, Wash., Mrs.
E. Jay Haulman of Harrisburg, Oreg.,
Maggie C. Price, Dayton, Wash., and
a foster son, Ora A. Rhodes, of Eu
gene, Oreg. In 1874 he moved to
Eastern Oregon where he resided until
1902. On November 24, 1890, his
wife died in Athena. In 1893 he mar
ried Mrs. Melissa Rogers of Weston,
Oreg.. and she passed away December
23. 1914. January 30. 1917, he was
married the third time, this time to
Mrs. Rose Ann Stafford, who with her
two little great-granddaughters, sur
vived in the auto wreck which cost him
his life. The past 17 years he has
lived in Eastern Washington, in and
near Pullman. He was a member of
the Masonic Order for over fifty years,
and a charter member of Dolpb Lodge
of Athena. H served in the Oregon
legislature, representing Umatilla
county as its senator for two terms.
During the Indian War of 1851 he
served as a volunteer. He was a life
long Christian, and identified with
every good work.
The local draft board baa received a
wire making a call for 12 men to en
train at Pendleton October 7. for Cimp
Lewis. To fill the call will about com
nletelv exhaust the clMa I men in
UmaiiKa county.
Old City of Timgad.
Timgad W an ancient Roman city,
forgotten and burled on the slopes of
the Aures mountains. The desert
winds heaped the market places and
ruined streets with shifting sand; the
Jackals and birds of prey mado the
stately forum, with Its crumbling col
umns, their haunts and hunting
grounds. For centuries Timgad lay de
serted and forgotten, unvlslted except
by occasional wandering caravans.
In recent years, however, the city
has been partially restored and exca
vated by French architects and arch
eologlsts. The columns of the facade
of the capltol have been re-erected;
the sand cleared from the mosaic floors
of the ruined baths, whose colors are
as fresh and bright as in the old days
of Roman splendor. The arch of Tra
jan over one of the two main streets
stands as it did In the days of the
great emperor, the founder of the city.
The amphitheater, typically Roman,
held at least 4,000 spectators In the
days when gladiatorial combats wero
considered respectable.
In the name of the women of Flanders,
Who are ploughing German fields,
Yoked to the ox and under the lash
Buy bonds lest the country yields.
In the name of our murdered seamen,
Of hospitals bombed from the sky,
In the name of Good Friday in Paris,
In the name of Decency-buy!
LUCY PRICE.
CAMPAIGN FOR CLOTHING
FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM
Another urgent call for clothing for
relief of Belgium's suffering popula
tion is scheduled for next week, begin
ning September 23, and extending to
the 30th. Five thousand tons are
asked for by Mr. Hoover, chairman
for the Commission for Relief in Bel
gium. The minimum allotment for
this division is 300 tons.
There is need for all that can be
sent. Every kind of garment for all
ages and both sexes is urgently need
ed. In addition, piece goods, light,
warm canton flannel, ticking, sheeting
and blankets, woolen goods of any kind
and shoes of every size are asked for.
Scrap leather is needed for repairing
footwear. Only garments made of
strong and durable materials should be
sent. Garments need not be in per
fect condition.
Do not send garments of flimsy ma
terial, gaudy colors, stiff hats, any
thing containing rubber, books, toys,
toilet articles etc. Notes or commun
ications of a ly sort must not be sent.
The local Red Cross women will ar
range to gather up the materials do
nated, ano if donors will have them
ready and in plain view on their front
porches Saturday morning. September
a8, packages will be called for. (Jut-
town donors may bring their pack
ages to the Red Cross headquarters on
Main street, where they will be re
ceived. Let every one who reads, re-
Her Golden Circlet.
There are several theories as to the
origin of the wedding ring. Hero la
one of them : Before the time of mints
and coinage the gold money In Egypt
was made In the form of a ring, usu
ally worn on the finger ns a convenient
method of carrying and safe keeping.
The men and women, therefore, had all
their gold or wealth made Into rings,
and for the majority of people these
rings were no larger than the plain
gold bands of today. Thus, when the
groom placed the ring on the bride's
Auger he meant exactly what the mod
ern service makes hlra say he did ac
tually endow bis bride with all his
worldly goods.
Feminine Diplomacy.
"Yea, I finally got rid of him," she
said, "without having to tell him in so
many words that I never could learn
to love him. I didn't want to do that,
because he's an awfully nice fellow,
and I should have been very sorry to
cause him path."
bw did yon manage It 5" her friend
"Ho
sk?d.
"Why, yon see, he'a subject to hay
fever, bo I decorated the house with
golden rod whenever be sent word that
t he was coming." Brooklyn Citizen,
member that this is no casual request,
but an urgent call for ".lothing you
can easily spare to tho suffering.
Red Cross News.
The local Red Cross worked two
afternoons this week finishing the con
signment of refugee garments assgned
to this auxiliary, and yesterday
shipped to the head chapter at Pendle
ton the following garments.: Three
dozen sateen pinafors; 25 flannel
dresses; HI pairs of sox, and 5 sweat
ers. At the business meeting Wednes
day afternoon a donation from the
Athena Honor Guard Girls of lb8.05
was received, and sent to the head
Chapter. A vote of thanks was ex
tended the Athena Honor Guard. At
this session the resignation as chair
man of Mrs. S. F. Sharp was regret
fully accepted, and a vote of thanks
given her for her efficient management
during her encumuency. Mrs. Sharp
retires on account of illness and a
press of duties ut home.
High School Reception
Following a well established prec
edent, the upper classsmcn of the high
school held a reception for the Fresh
men and teachers TueBday night at the
school building from 8 until 10:30. An
I excellent program of music and read
ings added much to the enjoyment of
the evening. Games were followed by
light refreshments, after which tbe
Freshmen were allowed to express
their opinions of high school life. Sev
' eral former students of the high school
I were present and assisted in tho entertainment.
LOAN NEXT WEEK
All arrangements for carrying the
Fourth Liberty Loan drive on next
week in Athena district and going
over the top at 9 o'clock a. m., Satur
day, September 28th, have been made
by the executive committee. Rating
cards will be mailed all potential sub
scribers, who are requested to make
their bond purchases at once through
the First National Bank of Athena,
after receiving their cards.
The assumption is that Umatilla
County's quota in the Liberty Loan
campaign will be If a, 100,000. The as
sumption is based on the loan being
for 16,000,000,000, but no official an
nouncement has been made from Wash
ington that this will be the amount
of the loan and until it is there can be
no definite figure placed for the coun
ty's quota. As a consequence, the
work of completing the rating of in
dividuals for the loan has been held up.
The campaign for the Fourth Liber
ty Loan was opened in the state Mon
day and Tuesday opened in Portland.
Umatilla county will probably be the
last county in the state to start its
campaign.
It will be necessary for individuals
to be prompt in responding, in order
that proper showing can bo made for
Honor Week. The close of Honor
Week will see Umatilla county over
the top if a united effort is made by
individuals to be prompt-in doing their
duty.
AUTOMOBILE DISASTER ML
PROBABLY RESULT IN SUIT
The account in the Press last week
of the terrible automobile accident
which resulted in the death of Alfred
R. Price and Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Hansell, at Rosalia, Wash., Tuesday
afternoon, September 10, was prac
tically correct, except as to a few
details.
It later develops th it Mrs. Price
suffered no fractures, as reported but
was badly bruised about the hips. Mr.
Price was taken to a doctor's office
in Rosalia, where, after speaking and
saying he was baill v hurt, ho died in a
few minutes. The two little grantl
daughtcis of Mr and Mrs. Hansell,
almost five-year-old twins, were taken
by r Natives to Lewiston". and Mrs.
Price remains at the home of a rel
ative at Rosalia.
Accounts appearing in the Colfax
papers show that the accident was
purely the result of the county author
ities allowing tho bridge to remain in
an unsafe and dangerous condition.
The planking, placed lengthwise of
the bridge to permit large trucks to
cross in doing comty roadwork, was
the direct cause of the accident, and
this fact is substantiated by these
papers in printing the facts, and also
commenting on an accident the week
previous, when a car driven by a man
and his wife from Hay, Wash., was
wrecked and the occupants injured.
Rosalia people say the fatal wreck
was the fourth automobile accident to
occur on or near the bridge during the
past year.
This being the situution, it is proli
blc that a suit for damaged will be
bruught against tho county. Marimi
Hansell left Monday for Rosalia where
an inquest and investigation concern
ing the accident was to be held, the
frequency of accidents at the bridge
being the cause for the coroner calling
for an inquest.
John R. Barnes, Weston furuier,
was in the city Tuesday evening. He
recently moved into Weston, and is
assisting his father in the wheat ware
houses there.
Buy To-Day
Now is the time to buy" a new Coat, Skirt Shoes or
Hat, in fact anything you may" need in the clothing
line while our stocks are complete in every way. Re
orders will be very hard to get and no doubt prices
will be somewhat higher in many lines. Buying for
197 busy stores direct from factories, lowers our prices
. Plurh Coats are very popular this year. We have them from $18.50 to 35.00
Cloth Coats in the new Fall shades can be had from - 19.50 to 35.00
New Skirts in silk and wool, many pretty ones from
New Shoes in Toney Red, Mahogany and Gray from -Why
pay $10 for a new hat? We have the same for from
We are now showing many new waists in Georgette, Crepe de
Chine, Tub Silk, Satin and Voiles, at prices ranging from
4.98 to 11.50
7.90 to 1.0.50
3.98 to 5.90
98c to 7.50
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